Urgent Conversations: Athens – Antwerp

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    The exhibitions Urgent Conversations: Athens–Antwerp and Urgent Conversations: Antwerp – Athens are a collaboration between EMST and M HKA, a theoretical and visual dialogue, based on works from the collections of both museums, which includes more than 70 works structured in 22 topics.   

    28.04.2017 - 07.01.2018        

    M HKA, Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen - Leuvenstraat 32, 2000 Antwerpen

    EMST, National Museum of Contemporary Art - Kallirrois Avenue & Amvr. Frantzi Str., Athens 11743

    Guillaume Bijl

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    (c)image: Dirk Pauwels, Courtesy S.M.A.K., Gent
    Sorry, 1987
    Guillaume Bijl
    Sculpture , 15 x 8 x 15 cm
    mixed media

    Guillaume Bijl's installations present a fabricated reality. His compositions are made up of objects related to our consumer society, he creates 'compositions trouvée' or found compositions. Bijl collects objects and presents them as artworks.

    In his Sorry series, Bijl explores the boundaries of the absurd, while maintaining a sense of humor.

    Bijl's inspiration comes from reality: "I constantly find kitsch elements in reality, I want to show those elements in a realistic manner. I assess mass culture and show little bits of our society."

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